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». K ~*Mfern*, slsxailr rnati^ andami .itraosv-luuklax lrw>,m*nj ml th»m mate limit 1U0 f.-vi inketgftt ttd with o^iim at twv <«jfcre* jmrdt leagtb. and a h<«i «.f IntKta> among whl' ta hutr <lni.->>n flWnkriMM'hea a|>|>nr>iith |»r»-«|.>inInhutiittM a awuittp atIH.. ai'inrillnx to A«l«ilfl»ruf>*jMM>r «>f |n"l«siliiiiaii» att 4* l'BK«rait)r of Chit-UK".1 Oitniiir Noe rvci»uatr».t«| tin*>i' fui> of the Violation ami animalfty* of prchlatorli' tlino* from fn««||ts*«l remain* fvrml In Sklimi-r mine>"o. J, In the Itral<lw<MM| illatrlct, tirt>t**«-n inllea of I'blniKo'TT* ItralilwiuHi mine," >iNoe atated. "la now llie im—i (ilii'f jto flml foM.ll* in uortliern lllin •(« irnlri»plii«•«'«! i h«* f •itl I»«*|M11;i rIf \FOOD HUNT IN STARVING CITYNOT REAL RULERS FOR IK "STRIKE"hufound hi a il 'i i'i"■leasing*" of •viahavik Rule BroughtForcibly to tha Attention ofNa«*>pap«r Correspondent.A •'"penliii.'-n <"rr*«|H.ii<|ftil dvi'Sthe follow ilia d*-*< rl|»lion of dally 111!In Iviru^rjil, uih-iv the |M>]>uUtlon|unwen tin- tint In u lontliniou* rightnitaliiat <leiitl) from hauler:It wae a Ibibhi'tltl l»»y »lu> taughtme how to hunt. WV luet in llie!$adovnja ilrrci In IVtroirad."Have you had anything t« cat to-day?" in- a*I.«Ml, a* la tlo- iimimm ina Murving ■ Ity. I told him that Ihad had only an apple him.ouii i hadluoiiey."t'ouie a It-ii 4 t Inn. I know a plait'where we tali ;t'| moiii*' Xllid iinmi today. ' Thi» uu» for lit.- tin- inti>miii>tlon to a II du.va' iiiiiim* in lite artof prtwisriiii .'mm| i|i..iu^ a famine.U'o • tit• i•••! i!.»t i .-lioi».|i..ine i|iilte■tetii. uli. ii' i.i' ... p '.i »i|• .in.I porrid-.', liioti^ii ;n \».iy .until portion*.M > >.mi .i ll. tl.i ii pro; I tluit «•*>ii'>iiM n mi t.i i In- .Ni'»»t.) |*ro?i|M*i'l.V* III ll- ill l.llli | Mil ill 4» - tO'lV to Im*ii.hI ill ^ li.it "n» i.'im.'i ly an el**KHtttEuropean Monarchs in the MainMere Pwpets.Aged Mining Prospector TakesOne More Chance.f»>rty-iitn* f»*<m ai n«t diivt tl) uImiv<* itIn h ieru\Uli *luilt* whl. fi tli'- min»M*• nil Jin*! » 1 , ti ».»nf:ihisround «-*icur«*«<u« *tHii« * |i \<>u - . mfli4*m* *fnnt** with u Intuitu* r lh»*> h|»IhIII to tin If lik«* a suniln i> Ii un l on tIiIfMlde of rn.'li hull' \ ■ *«i «it" tli - impressiiin of fern louve* an.I oth"i'plant* of the l oal em. ANn Int ~.ttahea. rrnwdali and otlo'r Mintll mhabitant* of Intnl. water and n : i»-found, hut the plant* nr»* iu..>i pi*edominutit."A i-onitldi-mlile numl.i'i- ..f pinnt ,»peelea ran l»e from I'l'nld^ o.i.land we nr«- a hit* to re. onxtrii.t in ourimagination* a llvel> pii-iure of il -vegetation of theiie loiijt. iivij.m*- day*"There waa onri- In llraldwo.nl ;iawamp whleta atrcti'hed i'ar east, wentand anuth. and whleli was lnh:iliit»i|h> raonnnu* fernn. ifluaiitl. riiHli.'i andelub mimaea, and Htraiii;. |ool>iuit tree*wbli'h had Modl.it of two or threeyartla l.-ngth. Many of the ofthat time must have li»fn more than100 foot In helk'ht a* we run ju.|u>'from tha alio of the trunk and leave*"The animal population of theseswamps eontalned small reptiles, umphlbla. Hshea anil a boat of in*e. ta,amonx which enormous (Iranon Hie*ami gigantic cockronrhe* seem tohave lieen predominant. There wereno butterfllea, no warm Ii|.m»Ici| unluiuls, no blrdllke reptiles, no dower*Probably the only colors which livlnunature provided were iftvcu. brown,yellow and black. The sound* werethe iToaklng of frogllke iimphitila umlI he noise produced by amidragou lllea; Bo singing of birds, nochirping of crickets."A strange world! Of the enormousvegetable masses which fell Int.. those>wampa the coal bed* were formed,ind 100,000,000 years passed away !>•fore man came and ultimately utilizedagain the sunlight ami hent which hailbeen storod up In these millions ofton* of coal."t|l*li. meat andT\. I in ».in.He-aid V\ e liiit e (tI ill the |',..ulc\:.nlil'.n-i itl11• e « H i., we . illl.ii'.ol ' Viler tellingIdler in tlie It dI auj here now•A Paatags Stamps.Jv^rtfcanents, rei«>rt* the West-minMSt Oazctte, arc to appear on theback of British postage stamps andon the walla of the post office, accortl-Ing to a statement by Mr. Kellaway,the postmaster generul. at the 19'J0club. Mr. Kellaway hope* to derivea substantial revenue from the inno-vation, stating that he wa* "not goIng to plaster the post office with ad-vertisements. or have ai|vertl*enient*on the back of stamps, unless therewaa a decent return to be got outof It-He stated that the post office hadIcvlted tender* from contractors forthese advertisements. The Westmlnster Gazette understand* that the ad-vertisements will be affixed to thestumps before the gum I* appliedAlthough the work of obtaining ad-vertisements and fixing the terms isto be delega^fd to contractors, thenotices will have to be approved bythe postmaster general It is under-stood that all classes of advertise-ments except those dealing with alco-holic liquors will be accepted for approvalWhisky Not Necessity of Lifs.Whisky Is not a necessity of life,even for a Scotchman In the tropic*,according to a decision reached In thecourts of Nairobi. Kanya t'olouy,Ka*t Africa, after lengthy legal argu-ments, repbrts the London Kxpresscorrespondent.The question arose over a case inwhich a grocery store sued a minorfor good* supplied. The law saysthat the only debts which can lie recovered from minors are those Incurred In supplying the necessities oflife. The debt In question Includedan Item of three bottles of whisky. Itwa* argucil for the prosecution thatas the tiilnof wa* a Scotchman living111 the tropic* whisks was :t necessity,but his arguments were overridden,ami an order made for the debt, minusthe value of the three bottle*Shyness of Sandy.In a rural district of Korfarshire ayoung plowman went courting one eve-ning. In vain he racked tils brain forsoma Interesting topic; he could callup no subject ut all suitable for theoccasion; not one sentence could beutter, and tor two long hours he *atou l* silent despair.The girl herself was silent; she nodoubt remembered the teaching of theold Scotch song : "Men maun be thet»r« to speak." and she sat patientlyregtiHttll Mm with demure surpriseAtN la*t h* exclaimed suddenly:•« feather on yourapraac."I wldrnl ba'e wondered if there hadaeett tw®," said Jennv. "for I'se beenattting aside a goose s uklu."—Jhaulght r. *'ii'inint '| inl otilttH s In. ., .1 Wil* -"Now we In,,. io .Itl> < ••|IM I*?Im* r|%• .\»^Ui fhi'iK«*t ii |»i«-III** tilJJt Jl*» Wits i|itriii), lit* WMtit <»n• •ii ii i«»rtui^iit * I»m\ e • •< !••»-»• • ii* «\ >• ii<1if yi»u will rut'«'t iii<• nt "» p. in. i«m|h>i will feliow ymj a fim plm't' wyon run ii miti<\lnic iin*iiI «»fpoiMtm-H. tirrrln^'s iiihI I»r*-»i• 1 " I tia«lii**i thought It po>sll»|** fn ^#*t tiHi*>iiI Ui iVtro^riiil, iiii<I I lu*« aiiu* InuiKr>' nt tli»* th<»tiKiit «»f |H»iatM«s.At 5 p. in. iiliarp r»*ttinu*«| full<lrvK*. top-bootN, inr nip with tli** r*n|»uvH't alar, a rift** In a !*tr«p ov»»r hitm!i«miIi1« r. ami a l*»utli»T t»«»lt witti« nrtrI*Ik** p«»u«'liw. Hi* took m*> furn^uy. un<l finally uv sfMpp»*<| in frontof a lurgt* houm*. It was quit** dark,hur down b»»l»»w our iet*t w»* naw «faint Mictit throti^li th»* «*hink of hfloor.\VV v\ait»M a lit':.* to inakt* dunfliut nobinlv >asv un and fli»*n w»hi!down the stairs. \\> **nt»r»»il ipilrk-ly, und found ourM*lv»*«* in u «-HlurBy fh« light of a lamp I #aw Khi hoi-dlera and clvilluns >ittiiu; nt ^inalltuhl*»M with ihtk*' disfi^M of si«*uintn^potufo«H. The yoiiiiK M»ldl**r know thfllandlord of tli« idin**. uml orderwt ndish of potut«»**M und hiiIi h**iTin»f,\VV uft^rward had norm* f»*u und ry#l»r»*ad. Wli»*n we paid, my fri»*nd rw-«»nun**nd*»d na* to the landlord, andfold me that I could I'oine here «*verjnlpht, which I didWill Be Mammoth BridgeI he new IMawjii i' river t»ridic»*Iii**li Is t«» t>e built by flu* sfute* o|r» iiiiv\|\Uhln in*! \»*u |.'is*-y *nd tincity of |*hilnd«dphlM. - « "Minuted f«jeosl H l>OU ( $JS.S71 .«N M». Tills tirUlKHwill .ross the Delaware riv*>r fromKranklln »uuare. Philadelphia. toIVarl ami Seroiid streets, I'auideo,N. I If will tie the longest suspen-sion bridge In the world. The mainstructure In to be oc the two-cablasuspension type, erossin^ the rtvelwith a single spun l.7M> f»»ot lon*c.from center to coiiter of tin* mainpiers The clearance above meanblub wafer will bf* fet't over awidth of Sim f^et in the center offlie ."pan. The brid;;^ und approachesiir»* to he built to provide a -in^Uide«*1; cnrryiiiK «n umibsnu- fd r-»>ailway for si\ lines .it vobicleo, linesfor suri'in »• curs ami two lines forrapid transit, besld*"* which there willbt* two ten foot sidewalks above theroadway The width *»f the mainroadway from «uib t«. curb, will be;,7 feet. The total width of thobridge will be l'J*»l7 fet't It is e\pet'fed t«» have Th** tirid^'f - oinpl»*tedby July 4 in tune for flu- onehundred slid fiftieth Mnnlver^jiry ofthe peHnrntion "I lndepomb*nce.win ii a meat lni* t n iti.inal expositionwill l»e held in I'liiladelpblnlt'» "Methanol," Not Maud"The new chemical name for woodalcohol Is "methanol.'• sa>s flic Jour-nal of Industrial and Knuiaoerins(•heinistry. and, • onliiiK t«» ti reportof the <otumittee on occupational diseuse> of the American t hemlcal soci-ety, pn»icress has be*ui tniob' in adopting if* general useOne or two fucotious chemists want-ed to name wood al< ohol or tneihvlalcohol "Mmtul." and stoutly a«lvocate«lsuch nomenclature a few >ears iuo.Whether this wns be. a use of Itsdeath-dealini! kick similar to that ofMr Opper's < omlc mule of the samename, was not explainedMore likely it was -ted b\ thefact that wrain ab «diol is > ientitb nilvknown as "ethyl* .ilcohnl win h Itmust be admitted, suuk'csted a some ,what 1 fl'ected method of sp.-llin. h :girl's name.Good in Mulching Paper.Weeilitm would become a l"St artIf the use of mulching pajiei couldbe applleil t*» all irurdens as successfully us it Is in mowing pineapples,says an article In popular Meohanb sMa^a/ine. In this the strips ofpaper are rolled out where it is de-sired to plant, und slits are out in thepaper through which the pineapplestickers are plantedMilk-Fad Children.Milk feeding for undernourishedschool hlldren has been introducedInfo 40 cities and *JS Incorporated vll-•;i-c- in New York state. In somescIiimiU It is provldeil twh*e daily In•be middle of tlie morning and in themiddle of the afternoon sesaliai; in.• -oots It is served In the mid*die oi :he morning only.Writar Points Out That Courtiars andMiniatara Actually CxarciaadPowar Accredited ta Kinga.WrttlBf to the l*ru;:cr Tagblatt. astaff correspondent (Mdnts out thattiinea are past when the glory of acongress ts.nsisted In the number ofkinjr* tukiBk part in It.•The year ItllH is soiuetluiert l<H»kedupon n* the boundary line betweentwo periods, but Ion* before thin datethe idea had developed which no long-er allowed one man to deetde the fateof a nation merely because of hisbirth *»r 'divine right,' " he write*."A proof of this is that the «*zarrule, and the spe. a| way in whichWllhi'lm fl llk«*d to in* t.r|Mirate theHerman kaiser td« ii. were rogardedfor years as .stum thing ♦•xeeptionull.ut did even f'd' -\stem r»*ally r**pre-sent a fort i of rule in which the willof the « row tied head alofie governed*'It is true iInit nowhere else wouldit ha\e Iwefi |M»ssitde for a great eh anc-llor. like lU^marek. to have beendiKiuissetl imm iiist* his ilietaforial manio*r did not pie -• a yming prince, mffor fh«* fliosf efflcletlf of IiIs successorsto JlllVe suffered ttie same fate be-cause lie tailed to regard the tactlessindiscretions o| the ruler ;ih the outroute of Imperial wisdom"Hut perhaps this personal rule wasless the rule of one person than wasgenerally believed. Was it not rathera good opportunity for ii crowd of Ir-responsible courtiers to satisfy theirIfftftt for power in the shadow of thenil-powerful majesty; in peace theJunkers, and In war. the army comma ii dors?"And when we are told that forthree years during the war. the Aus-trian senate was not summoned, so asnot to excite the old emperor, KraniJoseph, with home politic*, it Is prob-able that the real reason was ratherthe ministers desire for peace andquietness, who, by pointing out thenecessity for the monarch's well beingprovided for himself uncontrolled andundisturbed rule"Nowadays In countries where theinstitution of ruler Still exists the of-fice rather diminishes than increase*the nntural power of expansion ofpersonality Among th»* kim:** a* ^ruling in Kurope there are son w •ire said to n -> ss unusual uli;.»-P.ut the most humble vnemh* <»f riarlinmenf with u Cood pair of ( ^s hamore influence than they"It is characteristic that t ie offlc*which in free stages substitutes th«head of a monarchy. > • •*»!#' « r»» re-soluble th.it of the croa ruler bynot hav nu mover 1 ' b*-; .ig u de<*«>ra«r|vt* rtgut >id and a: a ■ ong manMk** p.iiicare ift»-- -in p?*esidentI,.id tirsi r.» become ' • me minister tobring his political vision to account"King V -for Ktinnantiel was re.eeived with 'he usual ceremony inOnoti, his speech was llstenetl fqwl'h respe* t ?ind attention, but whenthe incident was over there was muchgreater int»rest in what those menhad to say who really rule, such atl.b»vd iJeorge Potncare. Tchitcherlnand IJntheiiiiu."He 0 d That Very Thingline of the pleasures of Kev John(torman, su pert men dent of the t»lhaolt home for im»vs in Indiana, is t«iW ;ttch the Youngsters **nt when theytirst come to the home. .Many of then,haven't had a good meal for a longtime, preceding their arrival at thshome, and it takes quite a while toget ! belli tilled up" so that their uppet it os become normal againHut one little fellow, who arrived «few weeks ago. didn t seem at>lf»to appease his hunger. Kvery mealhe demanded 1." slices *»f bread Afteru time the superintendent decidedsomething us wrong ml when th«doctor next visited the home had himlook at 'tie youngsterThe examination showed him In agood condition. At its dose the doc*tor said to the little fellow ' Whydon't you try leaving the table hun-gry some day?"A little pause, and then buck cuiuathe startling answer. "1 always do."—India mi polls \ewsRemarkable Collection.A remurkuble collection of pictures,which will be more highly prised asyears go by. Is the series of \mcricanastronomical photographs which exMuJ Krnest Jones, army air service,has gathered during his l."» years Inthis work They cover the develop-ment of aeronautics, particularly aviaHon from to UM7 i'lie l.yH) pho-tographs visualize the successive stepsmade by the Wright brothers. Oirtiss,i 1 homas, Wltteman and other pioneersj in this country. Some of these arc the• only pictures In existence of certainmachines and events, it Is probable,*'says I'nited States Air Service, "thatthis Is the most complete collection ofair photographs in America."—Ex-changeElectrification in Sweden.The Swedish government has beenrequested to establish a model electri-fied farm to be located, If possible,near StockholmIn view of the fact that more thanone-third of the agricultural Sweden isnow electrified, it Is proposed that themodel farm he as nearly H*> per centelectrically operated as possible so thatSwedish farmers who are now In aposition to change horse for slectrtcpower, may be enabled to view demoust rat ion* of how "white coal" cnobe utill/ed In tha country.Sam Conger. Eighty Nine Year* OKIStill in tha Hamesa and ConfidantHa Will Win.Recently news came that the oldestactive milling pr*»spet tor In the world.8am Conger, eighty-nine years old.wa* going back to the Rockies, deter-mined to make his last big strike."Sam i*mi|er," the story said, *isthe 'tirand old Man of the Mouiituiu*'— he has pros|te*-led in the Kot'kies ft»cmore than seveuly years. In additionto |iM*atlng many of the bes| payinggold and silver mine* In 'In* state, hediscovered tungsten, 'h- rare metal ofColorado, lit* is known to every oldmilling man and, despite bis eighty-nine years. Sam Conger, game to tli-?hack!tone, iH going to tie* mountains,laden with pack, pick pan and shovel,re olute lit tlo* faith that tie will mak"one more big strike.'*It was in I'oiih't-r county that hemade his tirst I»i^ sttike with bis dis-cover. of the I'.ilck* e lead itl 1*CJ,while he battle o| Vnlictuiu was be>*illg tollgh' Sill e then ii« |.| tspei te«| IIII Call torn I a. Oregon, New Mexico,At'i/oiia. and studied bads and veinsuml strata iu every n: mug sct tion ofColorudo Hut It was always to lloii!*der county that he returned to makethe big strike. One time It whs theCaribou mine, later hold to capitalistsof Holland. Then, after long pros-js*etlng In other sectbms, he camehack to Houlder and dlscovere«l the|Nsir Mali mine, where tlo* ore rau$lo,mm f«, the ton There were theFourth of July uud the Oiiintha andmany oibers.Near Houlder City in the middlem.h>h he cam** on a strange blackmineral. Sam Conger did not thenknow that he hud discovered tungsten.!n Oregon he learneil the great valueof the mineral. He hurried back toColorado and. iu the streets of lien-ver. met his old partner, who in Ari-zona hud also learned thut the blackore was tungsten.Sum Conger's tungsten claim wasoiTercd to the Allis »ompany of Mil-waukee and turned down. "There Isnot a great demand for tungsten," anofficial said, "uml if it should be foundsuch quantities si* Conger says, the4 vill full to the lowest point.**l onger option expired. Then An-il w Cat egie i»M»k over the tungsteu*•1*. n Much year since they havepr*>du< ed heir milllors.Ct nger was born in Ohio. As a ladi»f S' \' ut ecu he heard that the leadm.ties ,»f southwestern Wisconsinwere the places for big stakes, but InWisconsin all tli" talk was of the rich-liess of I he lead deposits of Missouri.Vnd in Missouri h*» heard of the re-• *1111, discovered koui at the Junctionof < !i . i y creek and tli" IMatte rivr.oi.i '• 'o- e the l ie Indians lived, acrossri • i» • • mt American desert.•vni, i 'onger was on» of a party fod*e a«'i ss the tSrent I'lains withIiUe's I'e.ik or Hust" on the wagoniMi.vas and then began his TO years ofI rospeetitig for the precious metals.|.afer Sam Conger went to NewMexb o He read how mutiny smotil-leretl among the li.dluns. how theyarose, murdered both Spanish con-querors and Kraticivans and tilletl uptfce mines.Sam found one of these mines—theSt. Lazarus. And until the body ofgold ore was worked out it was a goodproducing mineSain has always wanted riches notthousands, but millions. Then he could"fix e\erybody up." and he has notionso:' endowing something.Sam Is the Inst of the old prospec-tors »iuiple. kimllv. brave. And .ifeighty nine he is still walking over themountains in paths tie trod when bewhs a lad.—MiwauUtt Journal.College Receiving.A disastrous tire in one of thebuildings liimetou university re-cently destroyed a part of the radio»s|uii>ment. While the loss was amplycovered by insurance. It was an utifor-unaie accident, since the matter ofarranging for a broadcasting service<vas just about completed. The ideaof a bioadcasting originated with I,. S.tlatter (UUJ) anl was taken up at..m e by I hose in charge of the station.The I ai versif y of Wisconsin and theCnivcrsity of Minnesota already haveestablished broadcasting stations tor„eneral university news, says Scientltl»*Vine! i an, as w ell as for results ofathletic contests, i lie set to he in-stalled will have u sending range ofl,in*» tulles and will operate onmeter wave length.In New England.I he l aconic range along the westernboi'h i of Massachusetts is the link*h.ii connects the i'-ttskills of NewVork with the higher peaks of north-ern New 1'lnglaml, says the Ainerlcanforestry Maga/iiv Hreylock — theSaddleback of earlier days—feet.,n the northwestern cornit of thestMe. is the highest in the commonwealth, and Mount Kverett, "the Dome-»f the iaconics,'' J,6*J4 feet, iu thesouthwestern corner, the next loftiestI 'of h are state reservation*.Where X-Rays Ars Fatal.Uocntgen rays over the abdtunenprov • fatal In a large number of ex-periments on dogs, while the sameray» »ver the thorax produce no illeffects. This Important fact has beenlearned by men.v experiments made atthe University <»f California medicalschool by S L Warren ami !>r C*. HWhipple, who re|M»rt details for theJourtiil of Kiperimenta* Mt'dicltie,LISTWhere Do You SowYour Money?mnBUILD YOU AHOME.Rockwell Bros & Co.LumbermenMThis Question of BuyingSuppliesALL of u* know that the most profitable farmsare the ones that have the moat modernequipment.Perhaps you are putting off your purchases forthe want of ready cash.But credit will serve you just as well with anyprogressive dealer or manufacturer.Especially if you're backed by a Member Bankof the Federal Reserve System.4Come in and let us talk with you about yourfarm needs.*1THK ALBANY NATIONAL BANKLaw and Abstract Office ofr. A. KING—Will practice in nil court*. Prepare abstracts onshort notice. Examine and perfect land titles. AHbusiness entrusted to me will receive my carefuland prompt attention. jEstablished In 1890.Albany, Texas.IMMEDIATE DELIVERYOr FORD 0AMCan male immediate dcliri>rjr ofFoid i-ar»—Touriag, Sedan or other*tvlos.—J. C. Millor.Our bread, cakes andalways fresh andcourteous attent:>[Mtcial orders.Yoijrt'» Bakery.areany kind of' us wm yew— * »-ifitiraaiTim